3 Paul Theroux Quotes on Psychology

Paul Theroux quotes on psychology

8. Animal lovers often tend to be misanthropes or loners, and so they transfer their affection to the creature in their control.

9. Assigning human personalities to animals is the chief trait of the pet owner-the doting dog-lover with his baby talk, the smug stay-at-home with a fat lump of fur on her lap who says, 'Me, I'm a cat person,' and the granny who puts her nose against the tin cage and makes kissing noises at her parakeet. Their affection is often tinged with a sense of superiority. Deer and duck hunters never talk this way about their prey, though big game hunters-Hemingway is the classic example-often sentimentalize the creatures they blow to bits and then lovingly stuff to hang on the wall.

11. Extensive traveling induces a feeling of encapsulation, and travel, so broadening at first, contracts the mind.